Garment-supporter.



R. PARKER.

ENTYSUPPORTER. APPLI N FILED DEC. I4. |917.

Patent-ed vMay 7, 1918.

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RUSSELL PARKER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 PARKER, STEARNS & COM'.- PANY, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1918,

Application filed December 14, 1917. Serial No. 207,100.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RUSSELL PARKER, a citizen. of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates more particularly to the buttons or stud members of hose supporters and like devices which are embraced by a metallic loop or similar element for clasping and gripping the hose or other article to be secured.

In that type of device which is made wholly of rubber stock these studs or buttons must be quite hard and firm, and of course tough. It is also desirable in some instances to make them in the form of a unitary structure, and to provide not only a securing base, but a head, the base and head being joined by the loop-engaging part or shank. Diiiculty, however, has been experienced in making this type of device, because of the inability to remove the same from the iron molds without a prohibitive loss in breakage.

One of the primary objects of the present invention is to provide a button having the desirable characteristics, and at the same time so formed that it may be removed with ease from the mold, thus obviating the above-mentioned diihculty.

An embodiment of the invention that is at present considered the preferable one is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view yof the button,

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same,

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section.

Fig. l is a plan View of the die,

Fig. 5 is a detail section of said die, illustrating the form of the mold, and also making clear how the article can be removed therefrom.'

Fig. 6 is a detail view in elevation of the button and coperating loop therefor, and

Fig. 7 is a similar vleW, butwith the head remQYedfw #Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the embodiment illustrated, the button is a single piece, consisting of a relatively thin base 6 of rubber that is reinforced by fabric, as shown at 7. Projecting outwardly from the centralportion ofths base is a loop-engaging portion in the form of a shank or-post 8 and integral with said base. The outer end of the shank or post is provided with a flange constituting a head 9, the main part of which overhangs the base on opposite sides of said shanks, being of greater thickness than the same. The lower end 10 of this head also overhangs the base and is spaced therefrom. The upper end extends along the top-side of the said shank, as illustrated at 11, being disposed on a urve, and being integrally joined to the ase. It will be understood that this button may be secured in the usual manner by its base 6 to the supporter, the inturned end 1l of the head being uppermost. A loop will thus effectively coperate with the head to clasp and hold a garment, and the outstanding post or shank will thus not only properly coperate with the loop, but is reinforced by the upper end 11 of the flange or head.

The form of the mold obviously corresponds to the shape of the button or stud, and as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the said mold has a shank-forming portion 8, an enlarged head-forming portion 9a below the same, and at one end of the shank-forming portion the opening is enlarged as illustrated at 11n to produce the inturned portion 11 of the head or ange. Consequentlywhen the article is formed therein, it can be easily removed, inasmuch as the main body of the head 9 can be slipped out of the enlarged portion 11a, and thus removed from beneath the inset portions that produce the shank.

Coperating with the button is a clasp in the form of a loop 12 preferably constructed of sheet metal, said loop having a transverse slot 13 at one end for the reception of the elastic and having an elongated opening for the reception of the button. This opening consists of an upper enlarged portion 14 of sutiicient size to permit thevfree passage of the head therethrough. Extending from this enlarged portion is a contracted part 15 of sufficient size to receive the shank, but of less width than the head. Oppositely disposed notches 16 are formed adjacent to the juncture of the' enlarged portion lband contracted portion 15, theseV notches re-` ceiving the upper inturned end of the head as Wil-l be cles-r by' referencel to Figi 7 Vhile I prefer -t'o`-l ern'ploy :t loop of the kind illustrated and above described it is also possible to employ loops of other" kinds;

I claim as my invention 1. A hose supporter button comprising a base and a loop-engagingl part, the latter having a flange spaced at one end from the base and having itsy other endv connected to saidv base.

2. A hose supporter buttony having a1 loopengaging shank, a head at the outer end of the shank, and a reinforcing fiange at the upper side of the shank and Wider than the same, said flange extending inwardly from the head.

3. The combination with a button comprising a base, a loop-engaging shank and' zu flanged lie'a'd carried by the outer end' of the shank and extending along" one end of the saine to the base, of a loop coperating with the button and having an opening7 said opening having 2L portion ofsuiicient size to permit the passage of the head, and a portion of less size for the reception of the shank, saidlatter portion having oppositely extending notches adapted to receivei the portionl oi 4the button head at one end o the shank.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed myy naine.

RUSSELL PARKER.

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